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Work on the cleaning and excavation of the cells of the Great Tatev Desert (expedition leader – Arman Nalbandyan) is ongoing.

On April 22, members of the Accounting Chamber of Japan, representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and representatives from the Georgian office of the Japanese company "JICA" visited the Scientific Research Center of Historical and Cultural Heritage.

In 2008-2013, the expedition of the Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage (head of the expedition: A. Nalbandyan) carried out excavations in the Chichkhanavank area of the Shirakamut village, Lori region, the RA.

At the end of autumn 2021, during construction work on the territory of the Children's Park, located in the administrative territory of the Kentron community of Yerevan, traces of brick structures, fragments of household and construction ceramics were discovered.

The US Ambassador's Fund of the Preservation of Cultural Assets has implemented and continues to implement various types of programs in Armenia for many years, including monument restoration projects and various monument preservation activities.

From February 17 to 21 this year, the next Armenian-French scientific and practical (scientific-practical) courses on the preservation of photographic collections were held.

Shengavit is the most famous and well-studied multi-layered, 4 meters deep Early Bronze Age monument in Armenia, occupying an irregular oval-shaped platform with an area of 6 hectares.

Kobayravank (12th century) was one of the most important spiritual, cultural, writing and rewriting of ancient manuscripts centres in medieval Armenia.